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WGUS82 KRAH 081524
FLSRAH
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1124 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA...
LITTLE RIVER AT MANCHESTER AFFECTING CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RAH/RIVERS.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING.
NCC051-090330-
/O.EXT.KRAH.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-250710T1300Z/
/MANN7.2.ER.250708T0327Z.250708T1800Z.250710T0100Z.NO/
1124 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...LITTLE RIVER AT MANCHESTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN FORT LIBERTY NEAR
THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AT 23.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS ON MANCHESTER ROAD NEAR THE
FORT LIBERTY WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AT 24.0 FEET, MANCHESTER ROAD IS FLOODED.
AT 25.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE BASE OF THE MANCHESTER ROAD BRIDGE
AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE STARLITE MOTEL AT THE INTERSECTION OF
MANCHESTER ROAD AND BRAGG BLVD (HWY 24/87).
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 24.7
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
24.7 FEET ON 08/11/2003.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 PM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI SAT
LITTLE RIVER
MANCHESTER 18.0 24.5 TUE 10 AM ED 19.0 16.3 14.7 14.9
LAT...LON 3524 7890 3522 7889 3517 7898 3516 7910
3519 7910 3521 7898
GREEN
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